CAIRO (Reuters) - Egypt's top national security prosecutor has ordered the transfer of an Egyptian man who stabbed three foreign tourists to death at a Red Sea resort in July to a mental hospital for psychiatric evaluation, state news agency MENA said on Monday.
DAR ES SALAAM (Reuters) - Tanzanian President John Magufuli on Monday rejected calls from some of his supporters to extend his rule beyond the constitutional limit of two, five-year terms, bucking a trend in the region.
NAKURU, Kenya (Reuters) - A Kenyan company has taken the mantra "waste not, want not" to unusual lengths by using human faeces to manufacture briquettes for use for use in cooking and heating.
CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - The speaker of South Africa's parliament ruled on Monday that a motion of no-confidence in President Jacob Zuma brought by opposition parties will be held through a secret ballot - a decision which increases the chances he will have to step down.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa's ruling African National Congress said on Monday it was not surprised by the Speaker of parliament's decision to allow a secret ballot in a no-confidence vote against President Jacob Zuma scheduled for Tuesday.
JUBA (Reuters) - The United Nations said on Monday it was investigating reports that 25 people had been killed in South Sudan's central Gok state in clashes between two tribal factions.
KINSHASA (Reuters) - Congolese security forces killed at least 14 members of the separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) on Monday during clashes in the capital Kinshasa and southwestern city of Matadi, police spokesman Pierrot Mwanamputu said.
KAMWENJE, Kenya (Reuters) - Mathew Lempurkel knew two issues would fire up voters in the drought-ravaged region of Laikipia ahead of Kenya's elections: race and land.
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African deputy minister apologised on Monday after footage appeared to show him assaulting a woman at a night club over the weekend.
MAPUTO (Reuters) - Mozambican President Filipe Nyusi and opposition leader Afonso Dhlakama met at the weekend for the first time since 2015, raising hopes of an end to violence following a disputed election three years ago.
ACCRA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Ghana is considering passing a law that will restrict government's fiscal deficit to not more than 5 percent of GDP, the country's Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo said on Monday.
MADRID (Reuters) - Dozens of sub-Saharan migrants crossed into Spain from Morocco in the early hours of Monday after running through a border gate into the enclave of Ceuta, emergency services said.
ACCRA, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Ghana is considering passing a law that will restrict government's fiscal deficit to not more than 5 percent of GDP, the country's Senior Minister Yaw Osafo-Maafo said on Monday.
KISUMU, Kenya (Reuters) - Nervous Kenyans stockpiled food and water on Monday and police prepared first emergency aid kits as families headed to their ethnic heartlands on the eve of an election many fear could descend into violence.
* Qtrly total revenues and other income $146.5 million versus $45.7 million; qtrly loss per share $0.02
NAIROBI (Reuters) - South Sudan's army has captured the main rebel stronghold of Pagak near the Ethiopian border, forcing thousands of people to flee, the rebels said on Monday.
KANGORIO, Kenya (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - At this time of year, Cherop Longiro and her husband are normally busy looking for grazing for their livestock. But their three cows died in the drought in March and they sold their 20 sheep, fearing they would meet the same fate.
NOUAKCHOTT (Reuters) - Mauritania has voted in favor of a referendum to abolish the senate and change the national flag in what the West African county's opposition says is just a bid by President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to bolster power and extend his mandate.
The following company announcements, scheduled economic indicators, debt and currency market moves and political events may affect African markets on Monday. - - - - - GLOBAL MARKETS Asian stocks advanced on Monday, taking their cue from Wall Street, while the dollar moderated but retained most gains made on stronger-than-expected July jobs growth and the promise of a U.S. tax plan that will repatriate corporate profits. WORLD OIL PRICES Oil prices held nea
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